प्रोक्षणमन्त्रम्The sprinkling mantras
Verse 128
तृणकाष्ठादिसम्भूत वासेय ब्रह्मणः प्रिय । त्वां प्रोक्षयामि तोयेन प्रीतये भव सर्वदा ॥ १२८ ॥
tṛṇakāṣṭhādisambhūta vāsēya brahmaṇaḥ priya | tvāṁ prōkṣayāmi tōyēna prītayē bhava sarvadā || 128 ||
Translation
"O house, made of grass, timber and the like, fit to dwell in, dear to Brahmā: I sprinkle you with water; be a source of joy for ever."
Word by word
- tṛṇa
- of grass
- kāṣṭha
- timber
- ādi
- and the like
- sambhūta
- made
- vāsēya
- fit to dwell in
- brahmaṇaḥ
- (brahmaṇaḥ) to Brahmā
- priya
- dear
- tvāṁ
- you
- prōkṣayāmi
- I sprinkle
- tōyēna
- with water
- prītayē
- a source of joy
- bhava
- be
- sarvadā
- for ever
Meaning
The mantra for a house. The commentary glosses "vāseya" as "good for dwelling in".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he tells the mantra for sprinkling a house, "tṛṇakāṣṭhādisambhūta". Vāseya: O you who are good for dwelling in.